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With US and Russia engaged what some call a new Cold War, some 900 US troops are about to find themselves on its most dangerous front.

Vice President Joe Biden's name has been mentioned, among others, as a potential choice for Secretary of State in a would-be Hillary Clinton administration, according to sources connected to the campaign and the transition team.

El Paso County could prove to be a strong indicator of whether Donald Trump can overcome his many obstacles to deliver on a cut-and-dry Republican opportunity in a swing state.

Hillary Clinton will begin airing television ads this weekend in Wisconsin, a state where she has yet to appear on television, as she works to lock down a state seemingly in her column.

Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk on Thursday derided the military history of Rep. Tammy Duckworth's family during a Senate debate, questioning her ties to the American Revolution.

The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to take up a case concerning a transgender high school student who is seeking to use the boys' bathroom at school.

The death of a former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2015 was ruled an accident by US authorities on Friday.

For years, UN countries seeking to stop Russia from assisting the Assad regime militarily in Syria have been blocked by Moscow's veto power as a permanent UN Security Council member. But on Friday at the UN, opponents of Russia's punishing assaults in Syria achieved a small symbolic victory.

A second federal judge in Baltimore on Friday ordered the continued detention of a former NSA contractor accused of stealing a vast quantity of highly classified intelligence information.

A timeline of Hillary Clinton's email scandal.

The vocabulary of armed conflict is inescapable in national political contests.

If Donald Trump were to honor his pledge to spend $100 million of his own money on his campaign, he would have to invest and spend $44 million at breakneck speed.

Hillary Clinton is set to campaign in the traditionally red state of Arizona just days before Election Day, her campaign announced Friday.

She might be the breakout star of this year's campaign trail, but First Lady Michelle Obama won't be making the jump from surrogate to candidate.

China and the US will hold joint military drills in November, officials from both countries announced Thursday.

Donald Trump got a morale boost this week -- but it likely won't be enough to propel him to the White House.

Three days after a jury convicted boxer Mike Tyson of rape, Donald Trump argued that he should pay a fine rather than serving time. Then he seemed to blame the victim.

Hillary Clinton is the first presidential candidate in a generation to make gun control a top-tier campaign issue. But even if she wins on November 8, the ability to implement much of her agenda will be extremely limited.

The United States could strike a blow for gender equality in November by electing its first woman president, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. But the steady progress women have achieved winning seats in the House and Senate has slowed.

With fewer than two weeks until Election Day, Donald Trump is going after John Kasich, criticizing the Ohio governor for not backing him after the Republican presidential primary.